No. 18-6364

Phap Buth v. Massachusetts

Lower Court: Massachusetts
Docketed: 2018-10-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: barnes-v-united-states burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment in-re-winship
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2018-11-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment allows reliance on an inference that is at best more likely than not, but not beyond a reasonable doubt, to prove one of the elements of a crime?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. :

Docket Entries

2018-12-03
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-11-01
Waiver of right of respondent Massachusetts to respond filed.
2018-10-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2018)

Attorneys

Massachusetts
Randall Evan RavitzMassachusetts Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Randall Evan RavitzMassachusetts Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Phap Buth
John Henry Cunha Jr.Cunha & Holcomb, P.C., Petitioner
John Henry Cunha Jr.Cunha & Holcomb, P.C., Petitioner